Carnival costs $100 million annually - Pan Trinbago gets the biggest part of the funding, $25 million

Trinidad & Tobago Newsday:

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Over the years, the staging of Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago (TT) has been has been costing the State an average of $100 million annually. This has caused questions to be asked about the success

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Steel Band to Welcome Pope Benedict at El Cobre

Santiago de Cuba  - A steel band will play the “Ave María” for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, this Tuesday, March 27.

The “Steel band” composed by 14 amateur musicians is one of the most impo

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Sweet Steelpan music rocks CASH in pre-mash jump up - Guyana Annual Panorama competition

Kaieteur News

Guyana, S.A. - Sweet, sweet steelpan music echoed through the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) last Sunday evening as the 2012 Republic Bank Mashramani Pan-o-rama Steel Band Competition delivered in full throttle, another evening of sp

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Yet Another Slight For The Steelbands By The Trinidad & Tobago Government?

I hope I misunderstood, but I was perusing the Express Online this morning, and I read where PM Kamla Bissesar, and her administration, have launched a nationwide celebration of Trinidad & Tobago's 50th Independence anniversary, which is planned to c

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Steel bands will converge at Sugarloaf for annual festival

Sun Journal:

Maine, USA - The 22^nd annual Pan NE Steelband Festival will be held Sunday, May 6, starting at 10 a.m. under the tent in front of the Sugarloaf Inn.

Among the bands from throughout New England that will play are the Western Mountain Tra

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Police shut down Monday night mas, Pan in Sando

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian:

San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Spectators and masqueraders left the streets of San Fernando disappointed after police commanded an abrupt halt to all pan and night mas on Carnival Monday Night. Two Pan sides and f

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Mama Dis is Pan: ‘Mr Ray’ delights with musical nostalgia

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Ray Holman’s recent concert series—Mama Dis Is Pan—staged at the Little Carib Theatre in Woodbrook (February 23-25), was more than a presentation of the sweetness of the instrument; it was a showca

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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar plays sailor mas with Trinidad All Stars

Trinidad Express Newspapers:

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Prime Minster Kamla Persad-Bissessar played mas yesterday but not with any of the big bands such as Tribe or Harts.

 

Instead, the Prime Minister decided to play traditional sailor mas with the n

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Junior Panists On Show This Weekend in St. Lucia

Castries, St. Lucia, W.I. -  Junior pan groups from across the island will converge on the grounds of the National Cultural Centre on Sunday for the Junior Panorama. The event which is part of the ongoing National Arts Festival will feature eight gro

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Clearing The Air. You Be Judge, Jury & Executioner.

In light of certain attacks against me, in my natural manner of collecting evidence, I am preparing a timelime of ALL my postings on WST since I first came on, and will post it when it's up-to-date. Needless to say, I have started some heated debates

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Pan, police, pain

By Keith Subero

Story Created: Feb 12, 2012 - Trinidad Express

Pan Trinbago, after the fracas at the pan semi-finals, may want to walk away from its advertised boast that it has organised 50 years of steelband competitions.

The incident has proven to

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Caribbean Child Prodigy Dazzles Cuba

Prensa Latina News

Havana, February 21 (Prensa Latina) Saeed Bowman, 11, contrasts with his greatness to play the steelband, a musical instrument from Trinidad and Tobago, which he has played since he was seven.

  Invited to the International Book F

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ABOUT THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CONFERENCE ON STEELPAN

Let me start by reminding people that PAN and STEELBAND are not the same thing, it is the Steelbands in T&T that are in danger, Pan is global therefore nothing will hinder it from being developed to its full potential and Trinidad and Tobago cannot d

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Skiffle Bunch makes history in San Fernando

Trinidad & Tobago Newsday:

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - With a new sponsor for 2012 Carnival, the Junior Sammy Group Skiffle Steel Orchestra, recently created history by becoming the first steel band in San Fernando to win every steel band competition s

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Liam Teague headlines Steel Drum Festival

Pennsylvania, USA - The region's best steel drum bands will take the stage March 26 in the sixth annual Lincoln Park Steel Drum Festival, headlined by Liam Teague.

 

The festival is set for Monday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Lincoln Park's 750-seat th

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Jobs -- Africa-trinidad & Tobago Steelpan Development Company Limited (attsdc) Job Recr - Jobs/Vacancies - Nairaland

Africa-Trinidad & Tobago Steelpan Development Company Limited (ATTSDC) is a multinational organisation, established to promote the Steelpan Artform in Africa. Its target is to reach the standard of Trinidad and Tobago, especially as the company is pa

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The Silencing Of The African Griot - CALYPSO, LIKE PAN, IS ALSO IN DANGER!!!

On reading the following article, it should become obvious that there is a deliberate attempt to remove the GRIOT - the storyteller - from the village. As we see the elimination of "culture" from Carnival, in favor of "capitalism", both the steelband

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Every waking hour - Pan Trinbago has already lost almost half of the North Stand

Every waking hour

By Marlon Miller

Trinidad Express

...Maybe that is one of the reasons why they no longer command capacity audiences, with the North Stand just over half-full last Saturday night, when the first big band didn't come on stage until a

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Cultural Icons Honored - steelband legends Dr. Jit Samaroo and Anthony Williams among honorees

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Six cultural icons have been honored by the National Carnival Commission (NCC) for their outstanding contribution to the Carnival art form spanning more than a century.

....Those honored were calypso veterans, Robert Nelson

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A celebration of the life and work of Geraldine Connor

A celebration of the life and work of Geraldine Connor 24 March 2012

Dr-Geraldine-Connor Gala for Geri 7:30 24′th March Theatre Royal Stratford East A celebration of the life and work of Geraldine Connor featuring the words, dance and music that she

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